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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Mark Friedenbach <mark@monetize.io> wrote:
> On 04/16/2014 02:29 PM, Kevin wrote:
>> Okay, so how about an autoupdate function which pulls a work around off
>> the server? Sooner or later, the vulnerabilities must be faced.
>
> NO. Bitcoin Core will never have an auto-update functionality. That
> would be a single point of failure whose compromise could result in the
> theft of every last bitcoin held in a Bitcoin Core wallet.
Or, even accidentally, cause a hard forking bug to be rolled out (or
worsen one).
--
Pieter
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